In what had to be the most obvious choice of this year’s trophy-presenting season, Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw was named Cy Young Award winner for the National League on Wednesday evening. Kershaw beat out fellow finalists Adam Wainwright of the Cardinals and Jose Fernandez of the Marlins in a nearly unanimous vote by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

Kershaw got 29 of a possible 30 first-place votes. The other first-place vote went to Wainwright, the runner-up, who also got 15 second-place votes and four third-place votes. Fernandez received nine second-place votes and three third-place votes.